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Klusener.
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Oli Norwell
School Boy/Girl Cricketer
Such a pity as the guy oozes talent, his performances in the 99 world cup were astonishing. I saw his 72* in the 20/20 quarters this year, he can still hit a ball!
PY
International Coach
I bought a DVD called 'The History Of Cricket' a while back and only just got round to watching it.
It has coverage of the infamous semi in '99 and his hitting before the end was fearsome. That kind of hitting doesn't get lost IMO and he's ripping it up in the CC. Throw in the fact that RSA are rather short of intelligent bowling options at the moment, I wouldn't mind seeing him again.
Then again, he's one of my favourite players so I'm biased.
It has coverage of the infamous semi in '99 and his hitting before the end was fearsome. That kind of hitting doesn't get lost IMO and he's ripping it up in the CC. Throw in the fact that RSA are rather short of intelligent bowling options at the moment, I wouldn't mind seeing him again.
Then again, he's one of my favourite players so I'm biased.
Mr Mxyzptlk
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I'd be more in favour of Klusener being recalled to the SA Test side than the ODI side actually. I think he offers a very important option with the ball, and is showing in County Cricket that he can still more than hold his own with the bat.
I remember him cutting his pace and bowling quick offcutters off a medium pacer's run in India a while back. It was quite effective in containment on a dead track. That sort of stuff is needed in the present SA bowling lineup IMO - intelligent bowling (as was said above).
I remember him cutting his pace and bowling quick offcutters off a medium pacer's run in India a while back. It was quite effective in containment on a dead track. That sort of stuff is needed in the present SA bowling lineup IMO - intelligent bowling (as was said above).
For goodnwess sake Liam I guess his itsi bitsi bowling barely suited ODIS and you are talking about the tests . Yes I agree that he should come into the side and as a working Allrounder e.g. AbdulRazzaq . I am always in the favour of the batsmen with a heavy bat in the tests . You see that Shahid did perform ok in the tests and so did Sehwag . I am a big fan of Mahendra Sinngh Dhoni and Klusner and I guess Klusener should come back . And mind you the bowler who stress on the areas around the neck all the time during bowling tend to lose some speed later on , Thats what happened to Klussener . Anywyas let us see ... My predictions include Klusenner some way or another !!!Mr Mxyzptlk said:
1 Mahendra Singh Dhoni rising to the top of the test batting world
2. Klusenner Coming back and making his mark as a top class usefull lower order batting allrounder (if given chance)
Please Safs for goodness sake bring him back and do not repeat the mistake of the past e.g. Cronje
Goughy
Hall of Fame Member
Klusener is finished as an international OD player.
He may be doing well in England but he is not even close to ODI level anymore.
If you look at what he did last year in SA
OD- 11 games. 0 fiftys and 5 wickets. Batting average was decent due to batting himself around 7 every game and his bowling average was 56 and did not take more than 1 wicket in a game.
His bowling is shot and his batting declining. He has lost a lot of his explosivness.
He is increasingly becoming more suited to FC cricket as he can rely on his experience and skill rather than fast bowling and consistent big hitting.
He may be doing well in England but he is not even close to ODI level anymore.
If you look at what he did last year in SA
OD- 11 games. 0 fiftys and 5 wickets. Batting average was decent due to batting himself around 7 every game and his bowling average was 56 and did not take more than 1 wicket in a game.
His bowling is shot and his batting declining. He has lost a lot of his explosivness.
He is increasingly becoming more suited to FC cricket as he can rely on his experience and skill rather than fast bowling and consistent big hitting.
Well said . I guess ODIs were kinda over for the gentleman . He did not sem fit either . He seemed dull and not up to the level . International cricket now a days is quite competitive . You blink once and Bangladesh is going to win from you . That is how it is . I fully understand that Klussener has talent in him and natural one but his concentration on the game seems to be declining!!!Goughy said:
Langeveldt
Soutie
He should be in the Wastes thread.. Had the ability to win the world cup for South Africa twice..
Mr Mxyzptlk
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You blame Lance Klusener for South Africa choking twice? A tad harsh?
Langeveldt
Soutie
No not at all, just believed he had the talent to do in 2003 what he did in 1999.. which would have helped! Not blaming him for our underperformance though..Mr Mxyzptlk said:
